{"id":272539,"date":"2019-07-08T12:12:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T10:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=272539"},"modified":"2019-07-08T12:12:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T10:12:51","slug":"all-persons-are-equal-before-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=272539","title":{"rendered":"All persons are equal before the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 864px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-272539-1\" width=\"864\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66800576_154943602331714_827069211511351847_n.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66800576_154943602331714_827069211511351847_n.mp4\">https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/66800576_154943602331714_827069211511351847_n.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Eba Kandovazo<br \/>\nON the day the education minister, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa is set to hear her fate on charges of corruption, two other high profile court cases; the formal bail application of Ernst Josef Lichtenstraasser who stands accused of assassinating two men at Arandis in the Swakopmund Magistrate\u2019s Court and the murder trial of Jandr\u00e9 Dippenaar in the Swakopmund Regional Court is set to continue.<br \/>\nJudge Christie Liebenberg while reading <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">the preamble to his judgement in the matter where education minister, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, stands accused of corruption said an accused person\u2019s political status is inconsequential to the court&#8217;s approach in evaluating evidence.<br \/>\n\u201cAll persons should be treated as equal before the law.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Hanse-Himarwa trial resumed before the Windhoek High Court this morning with the public galleries packed to capacity with family and friends of the accused person.<br \/>\nJudge Liebenberg is currently busy handing down his judgment in the trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eba Kandovazo ON the day the education minister, Katrina Hanse-Himarwa is set to hear her fate on charges of corruption, two other high profile court cases; 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